diff --git a/setup/mail-postfix.sh b/setup/mail-postfix.sh
index 07ba86b3..4327babd 100755
--- a/setup/mail-postfix.sh
+++ b/setup/mail-postfix.sh
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ tools/editconf.py /etc/postfix/main.cf \
 # ### MTA-STS - SMTP Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security - SETUP
 # See: https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/pull/1556
 # create the MTA-STS policy
+mkdir -p /var/lib/mailinabox/
 cat > /var/lib/mailinabox/mta-sts.txt << EOF
 version: STSv1
 mode: enforce